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Title
The Travel Back
Creator
Urista, Arturo, Artist
Contributor
Urista, Arturo, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
1989-11-20
1989-11-24
Publication Information
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Self-Help Graphics and Art archives
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description
Colors used: 1. Pastel Green/ Yellow (split fountain), 2. Red, 3. Gold, 4. Golden Yellow- Orange, 5. Pink, 6. Blue. "A background of crosses (gold) and figures transforming from the cross[es]. Five gold goddess[es] pass through the scale of lady justice and proceed towards a "Mayan Residential" pyramid." Gold abstracted heads wearing bandanas facing a gold, yellow and orange temple. Gradation of gold/red crosses and abstracted torsos arranged in rows facing upward. Black fine print border 3" around the image. "The migration of the cultural from the logic of Blind Justice back to the spirituality of the Mayans. The imagery depicts women as the sole identity of the movement towards the roots of cultural awareness; from Mexico to the U.S. and back." A. Urista.
Atelier 14; Westwinds (heavyweight); I-size: 20 1/2" x 30"; P-size: 26" x 35 3/4"; Ed#: 4/65, 42/65, 47/65; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below the image reads: "The Travel Back, 42/65, Arturo Urista, 89" Signed;, Inscription in pencil below image area reads: "4/65, title, signature and 89" print: Oscar Duardo; chopmark: embossed "SHG" on the lower right hand corner.
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Type
image
Form/Genre
Screen Prints
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6q2nb4gd
CEMA 3
Language
English
Subject
Crosses in art
Mayans
Women
Mexican American art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)

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